Habakkuk 1:3-5

Lexham English Bible

³ Why do you cause me to see evil
    while you look at trouble?
Destruction and violence happen before me;
    contention and strife arise.
⁴ Therefore the law is paralyzed,
    and justice does not go forth perpetually.^[a]
For the wicked surround the righteous;
    therefore justice goes forth perverted.

⁵ “Look among the nations and see;
    be astonished and astounded.
For a work is about to be done in your days
    that you will not believe if it is told.